Urban Sims

"Osmanthus, throw this baby away. We already have an adult. We can't afford to raise two babies..."

Familiar words rang in his ears. Zhou Ming opened his eyes and saw the familiar scene from the last time he entered the game.

Looking at the slightly friendly figures in front of him, countless memories flooded into his mind, recalling every bit of what this poor couple had done for him. Even though Zhou Ming knew that this was just a game, he couldn't help but sigh. A sour, almost shed tears.

"Father, mother, in this life, I will never let you suffer so much again!"

Zhou Ming secretly made up his mind to change the fate of this poor family!

Time began to fly by again. In order to win the race against time, Zhou Ming used all the available time to learn all the skills he could master.

Within three months, Zhou Ming was able to speak clear words in his mouth, telling his father Zhang Sanniu that there was a bamboo forest to the north of Niutou Mountain, and there were several nests of bamboo rats under the bamboo forest. These bamboo rats were easy to catch, as long as other holes were opened first. Seal it, leave one hole, and then extend a hollow bamboo tube into it. Put wet straw in the middle of the bamboo tube, light the straw, and blow smoke into the hole. You will soon be able to catch bamboo rats that have been stunned by smoke at the entrance of other holes.

That afternoon, the surprised father Zhang Sanniu came back with five plump bamboo rats, two big and three small. One of them was a lactating female rat, not dead yet, with plenty of milk.

The arrival of the five bamboo rats not only improved the family's meal, but also gave Zhou Ming a new source of milk besides his mother's sweet-scented osmanthus. His small stature grew faster than before.

"Master, has our second dog been possessed by something? I'm afraid of this child..." At night, her mother Guihua muttered to Zhang Sanniu with some fear.

The more remote the mountain people are, the more afraid they are of things that cannot be explained by science. They often think of things like "being possessed by evil spirits" and "possessed by ghosts". The more extreme ones may even invite goddesses. , cast some spells on these bewitched people, let them burn the sinking pond or something, and let them get rid of the evil.

"What do you know, mother-in-law? Ergou's child is the reincarnation of Xingjun. He was sent to our home by God. Don't go out and talk nonsense. Otherwise, you will make God angry and it will be hard for both of us!" Zhang Sanniu said He warned with a fierce face, for fear that the woman would slip up and tell the story.

Guihua shrank her shoulders, trembled all over, and glanced at Zhou Ming, who was sleeping soundly and deeply, with complicated eyes. There was some fear in her eyes, but also a trace of inexplicable expectation.

At about one and a half years old, under the "key" care of his parents, Zhou Ming was able to walk. His legs were more agile than his three and a half year old brother. His behavior was unusually steady, and the words that came out of his mouth were always shocking. The feeling.

For example, he told Zhang Sanniu that when planting beans in the summer, each bean seedling would produce one-fifth less beans than in previous years. When harvesting in autumn, he could produce fifty kilograms more beans per acre. Zhang Sanniu was skeptical. According to this method, I tried to plant half an acre, and at the end of autumn, I harvested more than 20 catties of beans.

When food was scarce in winter, Zhou Ming asked his mother Guihua to take out two handfuls of corn from the bottomed rice vat and put them outside in the snow. Then he used a wooden stick to set up a simple dustpan, and sprinkled some corn under the dustpan. Another hemp rope was tied at the other end, and within half a day, more than 30 sparrows were caught.

Over the past three years, relying on Zhou Ming's various cleverness, no matter how difficult the difficulties encountered, this poor family can get through safely.

Even the disaster where his elder brother Zhang Dagou drowned because he fished in the river, he survived because he caught him in time.

When I was six years old, it was still that familiar night when my sister was born. After a quarrel between my father and mother, I still picked up my sister ruthlessly and walked out of the dark house.

When he reached the door, his sleeves were grabbed by a pair of small hands.

"Ergou, don't pull me." Zhang Sanniu said in a deep voice.

"Father, I have a way to support my sister, I can support her!"

"Er Gou, why are you..." The words rolled down from his Adam's apple as he spoke. Looking at the thin body in front of him and the extremely serious look on his face, Zhang Sanniu really couldn't believe that his second son could jump in his mouth. Say something like this.

The younger sister finally stayed and was named Zhang Xiaohua.

However, there was a six-year-old figure among the team that went up to the mountain to weed the next day.

Obviously, two acres of thin land cannot support a family of five. The only way is to burn forests to open up wasteland. First, burn a large forest, then dig out the tree stumps with a hoe, then level the land and rid it, and then interplant and leave it fallow for many years. , a piece of raw land can be turned into a piece of fertile mature land. It takes a lot of hard work and may even be the contribution of a generation.

At the age of thirteen, without the assistance of large livestock, Zhang Sanniu's family expanded the original two acres of thin land into five acres. In addition, Zhou Ming also used the agricultural and forestry techniques he learned to cultivate half an acre of land. There is an orchard and half an acre of vegetable gardens. In spring, summer, autumn and winter, there is no shortage of fruits and vegetables all year round. It has even led to a wave of land reclamation in the village. Following the example of Zhang Sanniu’s family, a large area of ​​unowned forest in the back mountain has been turned into an orchard and vegetable garden.

After the age of fourteen, there was basically no problem of food and clothing in the family. When he was fifteen, a larger and stronger bamboo and wooden house was built. His brother Zhang Dagou also reached the age of marriage and had already married a man from a neighboring village. One family agreed that after the end of the year, the other party would marry to Niujia Village.

After solving the major life issues of his brother Zhang Dagou, Zhou Ming himself had to consider finding a suitable life partner for himself.

Life partner plays a large role in the rating of this game. Zhou Ming wants to find a better wife to spend the rest of his life with.

First of all, he must be beautiful, gentle, virtuous, diligent and thrifty, and he must be able to give birth to children. It is best to give him ten or eight children. After all, the number of offspring is also related to the number of achievement points that can be obtained at the end of the game. The number of offspring The more nature the better.

Facing the mirror, Zhou Ming took a look at his own appearance and nodded with satisfaction. At the age of sixteen, not only he was more handsome than Pan An, but he was considered to be a tall and handsome guy in the entire Niujia Village with a tall figure!

In addition to the various miraculous performances he has been rumored to have in the village over the years, more than half of the girls in the enhanced platoon have fallen in love with him.

However, what Zhou Ming fell in love with at first sight was Wang Xiuniang, the daughter of Wang Xiucai, a poor scholar in the east of the village. He caught a glimpse of her while washing clothes by the river. Her graceful and charming figure, her shy and beautiful face, her huge and easy-to-do size. The one who gave birth to a child... coupled with the fact that he came from a scholarly family, Zhou Ming recognized at a glance that this was the perfect match he was looking for!

"Take it down, take her down!"

Wiping the saliva from the corner of his mouth, Zhou Ming quickly launched an unprecedented love offensive. He wrote love poems and sent gifts, told stories and expressed his heartfelt feelings. He confessed his love under the moon and made secret glances. In less than a month, the other party fell completely. It was not Zhang Ergou. Don't marry.

Of course Wang Xiucai, who was known as a sectarian, opposed the marriage, but after learning that his daughter's body and mind had fallen into the hands of Zhang Ergou, he had no choice but to wave his hand and pinch his nose to recognize Zhou Ming, the cheap son-in-law.

He had chosen an auspicious day and was about to get married when a news came: Li Wenhao, the second son of the village chief Li Shouzheng, seemed to have also fallen in love with Wang Xiucai's daughter Wang Xiuniang. Having already married his first wife, he insisted on having a side room, and accidentally bumped into Wang Xiuniang. He was so shocked that he immediately sent someone to the door carrying eighteen boxes of vermilion gifts, insisting on recognizing Wang Xiucai as his father-in-law.

"Nephew Li Xian, I'm not an old man, but I don't want to. It's just that my daughter has already fallen in love with someone. You'd better take these gifts back!" Wang Xiucai waved his hand and refused.

"Who is the one you love? Who dares to steal my woman, Li Wenhao?"

A layer of frost appeared on Li Wenhao's face, and a cold murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

"Do you know Zhang Ergou from the north of the village? She is my precious daughter who was kidnapped by this boy." Wang Xiucai said angrily.

"Zhang Ergou~!" Li Wenhao gritted his teeth, and the murderous intent on his face became more obvious. Wang Xiucai, who was watching on the side, couldn't help but shudder.

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In a blink of an eye, it was the day to marry a wife on a good and auspicious day.

The firecrackers in the brazier at the door have been setting off for a long time. The auspicious time of noon has passed quickly, but the sedan chair to greet the bride has not yet arrived.

"No, no, the bride and groom were snatched away by the eldest son Li Wenhao and a group of people!"

An extremely urgent voice brought news like a bolt from the blue.

The crowd was in commotion, and Zhou Ming, who was wearing a groom's uniform, staggered and almost fell down.

"Li Wenhao, if you dare to steal my wife, I will fight with you!!"

New and old grudges came to his mind. Zhou Ming, who was furious, tore off his wedding clothes, rushed into the kitchen, picked up a kitchen knife, and roared towards the house of Chief Li Shouzheng!